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Humble named head of The Sims Label (News)

Oct 8, 2008

GI.Biz writes: "Electronic Arts has promoted Rod Humble to executive vice president and head of The Sims Label at EA.

Under this role, Humble will be responsible for The Sims Label, while the former The Sims head Nancy Smith will manage special projects until she begins a new executive role at EA, yet to be announced.

"Like Nancy Smith before him, Rod Humble has demonstrated strong leadership in defining EA's The Sims brand as a stand-alone product label. Rod has great creative instincts, uncompromising quality standards, a deep connection with the player community, and most of all, the respect of the team he works with," said John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts."

Sims 2 Apartment Life heads US PC chart (News)

Sep 10, 2008

GamesIndustry.biz reports that the US PC chart was once again dominated by releases from Blizzard and Electronic Arts as The Sims 2 Apartment Life expansion pack made it to the top of the list for the week ending August 30.

According to the latest data from NPD, the World of Warcraft: Battle Chest came in at second, with The Sims 2 Double Deluxe taking third place.

The original World of Warcraft title was fourth, with the Spore Creature Creator in fifth, followed by the only non Blizzard/EA title in the top ten - Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm from Greenwave was in at number six.

Sims 2 Double Deluxe tops US PC chart (News)

Aug 13, 2008

GamesIndustry.biz writes: "The Sims 2 Double Deluxe was top of the US PC chart for the week ending August 2, according to the latest data from NPD.

That was followed by Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice and World of Warcraft: Battle Chest in second and third places.

The taster to the forthcoming Will Wright title, Spore Creature Creator, was fourth followed by the original World of Warcraft release and the IKEA Home Stuff Expansion for The Sims 2 in fifth and sixth."

The Sims 2: Ikea Home Stuff (Review)

Jul 25, 2008

This is a content pack for the videogame series The Sims 2. In it, you’ll find the following:

EKTORP three-seat sofa, KARLSTAD sofa, KLIPPAN four-seat sofa, IMFORS coffee table, LEKSVIK coffee table, JULES visitors chair, EKTORP armchair, another KLIPPAN sofa, KARLSTAD armchair, POANG armchair, EKTORP two-seat sofa, HATTEN side table, LACK side table, EXPEDIT TV storage unit, ODDA wardrobe, ANES bedframe, HEMNES bedframe, etc. ...

Electronic Arts, Vivendi dominate US PC charts (News)

Jul 8, 2008

GamesIndustry.biz reports that Electronic Arts and Vivendi are dominating sales of PC games in the US, according to the latest data from NPD.

EA's budget title Spore Creature Creator is the top seller for the week ended June 28, with two other EA titles ¿ The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff Expansion and The Sims 2 Double Deluxe ¿ at two and three in the charts.

Vivendi's World of Warcraft Battle Chest is at four, with the original World of Warcraft at six. Sandwiched between the two is Eidos' plucky upstart MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures.

The Sims 2 Store Beta Is Now Up and Live for North Americans! (News)

Jun 30, 2008

If you haven't purchased all the expansions or you have and want some new tricked out gear for your sims, the folks at EA have launched The Sims 2 Store Beta for online shoppers in the U.S. and Canada.

Right now there are about a 1000 items to choose from with more than 100 of them released exclusively via The Store. Look for constant upgrades to The Store over the next several months. Will we see a slick conversion for The Sims 3? Check back for more details as they are released. For now, click through for a look at the press release:

Game Releases for the Week of June 22, 2008 (News)

Jun 21, 2008

Highlights this week include Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360/PS3), Alone in the Dark (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC) and The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff (PC).

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of June 22, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!